Top 11 California coast hotels

Cruising along California's iconic Highway 1? Here are the hands-down best places to stay on the way

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Hotel Indigo, Santa Barbara

The 41-room Hotel Indigo, on the edge of the artsy Funk Zone neighborhood, has in-room murals, and a rotating gallery of local artists’ work fills the airy common areas—the hotel is a satellite exhibition space for the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara. Ask for one of the rooms with a private garden.